PSY BEH 11B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Language Development, Noam Chomsky, Pragmatics
23 Feb 2017
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Thinking: major theories of emotion, james-lange: perception of an event (see a bear) bodily changes (run, heart pounds) subjective, emotional experience (become afraid) Perception of physiological changes is what causes emotion (because we notice our heart pounding fast, we feel fear) Currently, we think perception of physiological changes are important but not everything: cannon"s critique of james: emotional reactions are simultaneous with physiological experience, therefore james" theory can"t be right (it would be too slow of a process) Same physiological responses characterize different/multiple emotions (ex. heart pounding can be from fear or from excitement) Paul ekman: emotional expressions across cultures experiment; came up with 6 basic emotions that are the same in every culture (happiness, anger, disgust, sadness, fear, surprise) Trials in new guinea: cognitive appraisal theory: emotions depend on how people interpret or. Appraise the relationship between events and their goals.
